SYLLABUS
BAS-3102 ENGINEERING PHYSICS I
Course Objective:
The main objectives of the course are
1. To provide knowledge and develop an understanding of principles and processes of wave optics,
optical communication and fundamentals of special theory of relativity.
2. To develop the basic skills to apply knowledge by the topics covered in the course to engineering
problems.
Learning Outcome:
At the end of the course students shall be able
1. To apply knowledge of wave optics.
2. To design and conduct experiments.
3. To identify and solve the problems in different field of engineering & technology.
Course Contents:
Module
Course Topics
Total
Hours
Credits
30
1
30
1
Wave Optics:
I
Interference: Interference of light, Biprism experiment,
Displacement of fringes, Interference in thin film, Wedge
shaped film, Newton’s rings.
Diffraction: Single slit and N-slit, Diffraction grating,
Grating spectra, Dispersive power of grating, Rayleigh
criterion and resolving power of grating.
Polarisation: Double refraction, Nicolprism, Production
and detection of plane, circularly and elliptically polarised
light, Optical activity and Fresnel’s theory of optical
activity, Specific rotation and Polarimeter.
Laser and Fibre Optics:
II
Laser: Spontaneous and stimulated emission of radiation,
Einstein coefficient, Population inversion & pumping,
Construction and working of ruby & He-Ne Laser,
Applications of Laser, Holography. Fundamental idea
about optical fibre, Propagation mechanism &
communication in optical fibre, Types of optical fibre,
Acceptance angle and acceptance cone, Numerical aperture
and V-number, Attenuation, Signal loss in optical fibre,
Dispersion in optical fibre.
Special theory of Relativity:
III
Inertial & non inertial frames, Concept of ether, Michelson
and Morley Experiment, Einstein’s basic postulate of
special theory of relativity, Lorentz transformation
equations, length contraction, Time dilation, Mass
variation, relativistic velocity addition theorem, Massenergy Equivalence relation.
References:
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Concepts of Modern Physics, Aurther Beiser ,Mc-Graw Hill
Introduction of Special theory of relativity, Robert Resnick,Wiely
Optics,AjayGhatak,TataMc-Graw Hill
Optical fibre and Laser,Anuradha De, New Age
Fundamental of Physics,Resnick, Halliday & Walker, Wiely
Optics,Jenkin and White,TataMc-Graw Hill
30
1